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Download and Launch the Zedboard DMA Audio Demo

1) Follow the Using Digilent Github Demo Projects Tutorial. Since this is a Vivado SDK Project, you can either directly launch SDK and import the hardware handoff, or you can generate a bitstream in Vivado before launching SDK. Select the hardware handoff options in the tutorial if you don't want to modify the project block design later. Return to this guide when prompted to check for additional hardware requirements and setup.

2) In order to use the demo, you will need to plug in your microphone or aux input into the respective audio input jack on your Zedboard. Plug your speakers and/or headphones into the repective audio output jack.

3) Turn on your board and open a serial terminal (such as TeraTerm) on your computer to receive status messages. Setup the serial port to connect to the appropriate port for your board, with a baud rate of 115200. Then return to the Github Project Tutorial to finish programming and running the demo.

Tip

To make sure that you don't miss any startup messages, you can connect your serial terminal to your board before the board is programmed. If the demo is already running, you can restart the demo in SDK to make sure you get these messages.

Using the Zedboard DMA Audio Demo

1. Controls

Audio playback and recording are controlled by push buttons as below.

Button

Function

BTNL

play on line out

BTNU

record from mic in

BTND

play on hph out

BTNR

record from line in

2. Recording from an input

To record from the microphone input, press BTNU. To record from the line input, press BTNR. Once the recording is activated, the message “Start Recording…” will be sent over UART and the demo will record 5 seconds of audio. If any buttons are pressed during the recording, the message “Still Recording…” will be sent over UART.

3. Playing to an output

To play to the headphone output, press BTND. To play to the line out, press BTNL. Once the playback is activated, the message “Start Playback…” will be sent over UART and the demo will play 5 seconds of audio. If any buttons are pressed during the playback, the message “Still Playing…” will be sent over UART.